Crystalline

/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
2. (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
3. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
4. Pure.
5. (obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
6. (obsolete) Aniline.

Example Sentences

There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.

not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

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• more crystalline
• most crystalline
• chrystalline
• crystallines

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